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Never enough time to write a full blog entry like I would like to...

but I just wanted to write these two things down before I forgot.

Yesterday, Eli was playing with a little toy that has a gun (noooooo) on it.... He came over to me and said "Emperor Zurg has a pow!" Haha. I love that he's calling a gun a pow. Then he went over to the toy that daddy was holding and went "pow pow pow." Boys. Sigh.

Today, Eli gave Liam a kiss and then said "She's a nice little girl!" Hahaha. I told him - no, your brother is a BOY. He said - yes, boy, and then repeated the girl comment. Nice.

They are napping at the same time right now (though Liam is getting squeaky and will be up very soon), which hasn't happened in a few days! It's soooo nice when it does. Gives me a second to recharge and reset and just have a moment to myself. I should be napping or showering or doing SOMETHING productive, but I really wanted to just sit down and have a nice, relaxing lunch. Mmmm. No interruptions. lovely.

I need a house. NOW. I would really, really like to have bedrooms for my boys. I've been sleeping on the couch in the living room with Liam since he's been here (almost a month!) because when he cries in the middle of the night, if he's in the room with us, he'll wake Eli up. He's starting to sleep better at night....he'll usually do a four hour stretch and then is up for 45 min and then down for another 2 or 3 hour stretch.... but that's still not quite good enough to have him in the room with us. It also makes it nearly impossible to get anything done IN the room (like putting away the boy's clothes, etc) because if Eli is napping I can't be in there... and if he's not napping, I have to be out here to make sure he's not attacking (kindly, unaware) his brother.

Eli continues to be a really good big brother and is really adjusting well. There are only a few times a day when he tells me to "Put it on the crib" (translation - put liam back in his crib) so that I can get him something. If anything, the challenges I'm facing are that Eli wants to be TOO close to his brother. He wants to kiss him constantly, which sometimes turns into more of a squishy headbutt (is that not how you spell headbutt? is it headbut? lol). Or he wants to "lay next to liam!" which is in theory a wonderful idea, but it's always when Liam is about to fall asleep or is screaming his head off. :)

Jenn is coming tomorrow to stay for a few weeks and I CANNOT WAAAAAAIT. She's going to be an amaaaaazing help to me and I'll be brave enough to venture out! i'm feeling VERY shut in these days cause it's really hard to get both of the schedules aligned so I can take both boys out.... and Eli is soooo hard to manage outside these days (he can sprint FAST). I have lots of fun trips planned for when she's here.... to Rye playland, the crayola factory, the zoo... maryland... the sprinklers... etc. I can't WAIT!!!! WOOOHOO!

Ok - might try to squeeze in a few zzzs or an ice cream before the boys wake up. Don't you wish you could just wave your magic wand and have the cleaning fairy come out and straighten everything up? I just don't have the energy.

imagine this..... sung to the tune of "one day, I'll fall in love" from (snow white?")

One dayyyyyyyy I'll have a dishwasher......

:)